Keeping with the tradition of simplistic minimal design, Sang-hoon Lee has designed his vision for the Apple Headphones. Looks more like a hairband with a sleek finish. I think the touch of volume controls within the glowing apple logo is just too clever!
Designer: Sang-hoon Lee

all depends on the material… from the render it looks to be the matte finish silver like on the macs… and yes if it is like this i totally agree it will be painful… maybe making it a rubber material or possibly keep it the same but have padding on the inside of the headband of the headphones. more development needed, But good product.

What? The iPod earbuds weren’t terrible enough for you? Why does everyone feel the need to reinvent the wheel with respect to headphone design? In a single 20 minute session on StumbleUpon, you can see headphones with user customizible colors, built in timepieces, led displays, and all manner of other rediculous features. I appreciate the notion of taking an everyday item like headphones and making them look elegant, but design should also follow function, not just style. You see the same thing at electronics stores. The worst performing headphones in terms of technical specifications are also the “coolest” looking. It’s like consumers want everyone around them to know how ignorant they are.

yeaaaa, so how do you power them. i assume the apple light being on all the time would consume large amounts of power. unless the entire top is one long power cell or solar powered this wouldnt work to great

Let’s not forget, though, being Apple branded headphones they’ll work as well as any mediocre pair you can buy off the rack, yet they will cost $465 USD, require signing an EULA, and force you to register with iTunes before they’ll work.

It looks nice, but anyone who’s worn a real hairband like that will tell you that the ends are pressure points and having that in the ear will be unbelievably uncomfortable without some design modifications. Also, it will pin your ears back where it comes down over them and that will also be uncomfortable for anyone with ears that naturally stick out a bit. Its a cool concept, but the comfort doesn’t look like it was considered at all.

I don’t understand the point of these. It looks like they fit into your ear like earphones. If so, there is no need for the hipster looking hairband. It might look good on girls, but I cannot see those being comfortable or making anyone look manly. I’m a huge fan of Apple products, but this is too far. Being sleek should not be considered more than comfort when it comes to ear/headphones in my opinion.